by The Associated Press Jul 15th 2013 7:25AMWorld Champion Sebastian Vettel tests the 2014 F1 car. FIA race director Charlie Whiting expects F1 cars to lap more slowly next year.“I think lap times will probably be two to three seconds slower than they are currently,” Whiting told AP reporters today.Formula One engines will be downsized from the current V8 units next year: “We’ve got the new power train coming: a 1.6-litre V6 with all sorts of energy saving and energy converting devices which will, I think, bring the power to a little over what we have right now.”“But it’s very, very complex and the torque management will be very complicated.”“I think the efficiency is the key thing,” he added. “Just to be absolutely clear, though, you won’t see cars running out of fuel because there’s no limit on the amount of fuel a team can put in the car. There’s a limit to how much they can use during the race.”“There are significant changes to the wing designs in order to reduce the drag,” said Whiting. “The drag is the thing that had to be reduced to make the fuel consumption work and as you know the cornerstone for this new power unit is only using 100 kilos of fuel for the race.”“And there’s also a fuel flow limit which will be verified and check by the FIA fuel flow meter which all cars will fit inside their fuel tanks.”

The FIA have been after teams for many years to reduce the costs of motor racing. With this completely new design for 2014 it appears that they have finally achieved that goal.

Ah no, I didn't want a funny or disrespectful one - I just remember after Sid died someone said he was now fishing with Senna, and it's something I would love to see, as I can so easily imagine them sitting on a riverbank somewhere. But I wasn't thinking this in any disrespectful way.

Someone recently posted a photo of Senna and a dog/his dog and I thought it was beautiful.